Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Thinking Quotes, Writing Quotes

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Change is not progress

Change is not progress

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably...

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably...

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult...

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult...